Local News
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Rally to save Leather Museum
- 28/03/2026
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
No CommentsOn 28 March 2026 over 100 protesters marched from the Sister Dora statue to the Leather Museum to protest about the relocation of the Museum announced by the Council on 11 March and the use of the Building by Walsall College. Lauren Broxton, leather designer and fashion lecturer at Birmingham City University opened the speeches.
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Household Bills Increase – Help
- 16/03/2026
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
Debt Awareness Week is fast approaching and I want to make you aware of what help there is to support my constituents. Money Wellness has launched a free Household Bills Calculator, designed to help households understand how upcoming changes to everyday bills – such as energy, water and council tax – may affect their monthly
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Christ Church Church of England Primary, Leamore
- 13/02/2026
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
I was delighted to visit Christ Church C of E Primary School, Harden Road, Leamore, WS3 1EN on 13 February 2026 to give them some books donated by the Reading Agency. This is the Year of Reading for Pleasure and I am keen that all children can take part in this initiative so providing them
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Visit to Walsall FC Foundation
- 07/02/2026
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News
Adam Davy, The Director of the Walsall FC Foundation invited me on Saturday 7 February 2026 to the Club to see the programmes he is developing at the Club. One is the men’s walking football. Adam has been at the club for 30 years and recently won a long service award. Teams take part in
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Making Amelia’s Birthday Magical – Birthday Card Record
- 07/02/2026
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
Walsall FC and Foundation set up a stall at the Pallett Track Stadium and when I visited the Stadium on 7 February 2026, I signed a card for Amelia Kolpa, a girl from Rowley Regis in the Black Country who has neuroblastoma, a rare cancer that starts in a type of nerve cell called a
